Gangster
Episodes
6. Starcrossed Lovers
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy and Joe had been planning a future together, outside — but now they’re stuck behind bars, facing the consequences of their actions.In this fin...
5. “Love You”
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy knows this is the final run - just one more package of drugs to smuggle in, one more drop-off before Joe walks free and maybe they can leave crime...
4. Illegal Highs
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Highly-addictive, relatively cheap and easy to smuggle, Spice is running rampage through Britain’s prisons.And Spice is the reason Amy finds Joe zom...
3. Just This Once
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Smuggle one package of drugs into prison for her boyfriend Joe and he’ll be able to pay off his debts. That’s what Amy needs to do and then she ca...
2. The Boy From Bradford
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amy is risking it all for a relationship with career criminal Joe - but who is the boy from Bradford she’s falling in love with.Host Amber Haque del...
1. When Amy Met Joe
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The last thing mental health nurse Amy expected to encounter when she took a job at Lindholme prison was someone offering romance. Then she met Joe -...
Gangster Presents... Sex, Drugs & Cell Block Parties
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The story of the biggest prison smuggling plot ever busted in the UK - and the love story at the heart of it. Journalist Amber Haque untangles what ha...
The Black Widow: 6. Til Death Do Us Part
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Linda spends the next 18 years behind bars with some of the UK's most notorious female killers. She shares stories of a life inside, a shock prison we...
The Black Widow: 5. Spilt Milk
05 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After being released from prison, Linda's living the quiet life catching up on lost time with her two kids.Trouble soon finds her again as Ronnie Cook...
The Black Widow: 4. The Two Minute Rule
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A partial fingerprint at the scene of a violent robbery puts the flying squad on Linda's trail. While they watch, she continues to live the high life ...
The Black Widow: 3. Cops and Robbers
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Linda discovers Ronnie's dark side as he lets slip a shocking secret about the day Mickey died.She can't leave Ronnie, because he's too dangerous. But...
The Black Widow: 2. A Widow's Vow
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Linda, Mickey and the kids are living the high life when he agrees to take on a job with a new gang - a raid on a cash collection at a London supermar...
The Black Widow: 1. Spinning the Web
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Welford was raised in London's East End in the 1960s; a tight and tough community with a reputation for a thriving criminal underworld, ruled wi...
Introducing Gangster: The Story of the Black Widow
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Livvy Haydock explores the extraordinary life of Linda Calvey, the woman they call "the Black Widow." She rose through the ranks of London’s crimina...
The Daniels and the Lyons: 7. Update – Murder in Costa Del Sol
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Livvy Haydock examines the recent deaths of Eddie Lyons Jr. and Ross Monaghan, who were shot dead outside Monaghan’s Bar in Fuengirola on the Costa ...
Hooligans: 6. End Game
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After months of undercover work, the police in London start moving in their targets and claim their first victory against the hooligan mobs. But the c...
Hooligans: 5. Going Underground
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With the police under pressure to get a grip on the hooligan epidemic, an ambitious young copper comes up with a plan. To infiltrate the firms and go ...
Hooligans: 4. Collateral Damage
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With firms doing battle up and down the country, it was only a matter of time before innocent people got hurt. Even some players were attacked as the ...
Hooligans: 3. Riots and Reputations
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the aftermath of the Heysel tragedy, Margaret Thatcher declared war on the hooligans. It was a watershed moment for English football. Tough new law...
Hooligans: 2. The Darkest Night
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
1985 saw some of the biggest and bloodiest hooligan riots in British football history. In March, Luton hosted Millwall in an FA Cup tie. Millwall’s ...
Hooligans: 1. A Different Ball Game
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What turns a fan into a fighter? When faced with a choice, do you turn and run, or stand and fight?We meet the men who found themselves drawn into a w...
Gangster Presents... Hooligans
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Former boxing champion and proud Evertonian Tony Bellew delves into the brutal world of football hooliganism. At its height in the 1970s and 1980s, it...
The Daniels and the Lyons: 6. The Glasgow Smile
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A brutal attack on a Daniel family member results in lengthy jail sentences for a number of Lyons associates. The feud continues in prison and there a...
The Daniels and the Lyons: 5. The Pushchair Assassin
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
After his public assassination in a supermarket car park, the hunt for Gerbil's killers begins. A death in the Daniel family heralds a brutal new chap...
The Daniels and the Lyons: 4. The Digger
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gerbil is recruited for a kidnapping plot which doesn't go to plan. Meanwhile, he continues his reign of terror as he seeks to build his drug empire -...
The Daniels and the Lyons: 3. Pay the Piper
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gerbil is on the warpath after being seriously injured in a drive-by shooting. What followed next takes the feud to another level of violence, with th...
The Daniels and the Lyons: 2. Ollie and Mr Green
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
As Jamie Daniels' drug empire continues to grow, a violent feud begins with a rival crime family - one that will lead to an all out bloody war on the ...
The Daniels and the Lyons: 1. King of the Jungle
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Daniel begins his rise from the tough streets of Possil in north Glasgow - first as a scrap metal dealer and then as a major player in the city'...
Introducing Gangster: The Story of the Daniels and the Lyons
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A bloody and bitter feud between two of Glasgow's most notorious crime families which has raged for more than two decades, leading to violence and mur...
Viv Graham: 6. Legacy
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s New Year’s Day 1994 and Tyneside is waking up to the news of Viv Graham’s brutal murder. There is tension in the air and nobody knows what ...
Viv Graham: 5. Three Shots
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Viv Graham is released from prison following a vicious assault on rival bouncer Stu Watson. He needs to make up for lost time and remind everyone who ...
Viv Graham: 4. Door Wars
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the summer of 1989 and the atmosphere on Tyneside is febrile. The economy is shrinking and tumbling towards recession but at the same time the ...
Viv Graham: 3. Ecstasy and Enemies
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Viv Graham is right at the peak of his powers.After starting as a nightclub doorman in Gateshead, he has grown to become the most powerful figure in T...
Viv Graham: 2. Whack ’Em and Catch ’Em
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Viv Graham, a young man from the country, is about to land in the city and make a very big impression. In fact he’s going to take over the town. Th...
Viv Graham: 1. King of the Ring
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On New Year's Eve 1993, Viv Graham, a 17-stone man mountain, stepped out of a Tyneside pub and walked a few yards towards his Ford Sierra Cosworth. Bu...
Introducing Gangster: The Story of Viv Graham
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new series of Gangster tells the story of Viv Graham, a man who ran a protection empire which spanned Newcastle and beyond.Viv Graham, a 17-stone ma...
Catching the Kingpins: 6. Final Reckoning
11 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The EncroChat hack has given the police unprecedented access to the secrets of organised crime. Nearly four years on from the hack, the detective who ...
Catching the Kingpins: 5. Line of Duty
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The truth unearthed about Met police officer PC Kashif Mahmood is stranger than an episode of the fictional drama Line of Duty. And it was evidence un...
Catching the Kingpins: 4. Who Built EncroChat?
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Little is known about who invented the EncroChat network and who owned it. Even the police who investigated the criminals using the network, know litt...
Catching the Kingpins: 3. In Suburbia
21 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the wealthy village of Denham in Buckinghamshire, Lee Hannigan and Harry Hicks-Samuels play the part of successful businessmen really well. Hanniga...
Catching the Kingpins: 2. Threat to Life
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's April 2020, and the Metropolitan Police are overwhelmed with messages hacked from the EncroChat network. Buried among the millions of texts and ...
Catching the Kingpins: 1. The Hack
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Police across Europe prepare for a top-secret operation: the hacking of EncroChat, an encrypted phone network favoured by organised crime groups. Encr...
Gangster Presents... Catching the Kingpins
03 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A 6-part true crime podcast documenting the biggest organised crime bust in British policing history. It happens in 2020 when police in France penetra...
The Burger Bar Boys: 6. Breaking Bad
08 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Despite the landmark trial of 2004-05 leading to several convictions for the murder of Charlene and Letisha - the gang murders in the city continued. ...
The Burger Bar Boys: 5. Judgement Day
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It’s late 2004 and the buzz of police helicopters and sea of armed police around Leicester Crown Court creates a tense, intimidating atmosphere as o...
The Burger Bar Boys: 4. The Murder of Innocents
24 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the new century begins, the gang war in Birmingham intensifies. Bloody retaliation follows each shooting and we eventually reach the point where th...
The Burger Bar Boys: 3. Fall Out
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the Yardie threat receding, the Johnson Crew and the Burger Bar Boys vied for dominance in the city. Guns became the weapon of choice, and nowher...
The Burger Bar Boys: 2. The Yardies
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The story now takes us from the aftermath of the Handsworth riots in 1985 to the streets of Kingston, Jamaica, where we learn how violence in Birmingh...
The Burger Bar Boys: 1. Out of the Ashes
03 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
January 2, 2003: The senseless murders of two teenage girls thrust a vicious West Midlands gang into the national spotlight. The girls' deaths mark th...
Introducing Gangster: The Story of the Burger Bar Boys
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A brand new series of Gangster tells the story of Birmingham’s notorious Burger Bar Boys - a gang born out of the Handsworth riots in 1985. Named af...
Killing Death Row: 6. Living and dying
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An execution and the story of an exoneration. Livvy Haydock hears about the final moments of one life, and the relief and joy of release when a diffe...
Killing Death Row: 5. What’s the Cost?
27 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The people of Jasper sought the death penalty for the brutal men who murdered James Byrd. But the cost of the trial was crippling and served as a warn...
Killing Death Row: 4. Who Cares if it Hurts?
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If a lethal injection death is considered to be painful, that could make it vulnerable to a legal challenge as unconstitutional. What can the death o...
Killing Death Row: 3. Inside the Chamber
20 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What happens in the death chamber is a push and pull between the desire of a victim’s family for justice, and the need to follow the letter of the c...
Killing Death Row: 2. How to Kill the Killers
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Allan Polunsky unit in Huntsville, Texas, where Livvy Haydock meets a murderer with three weeks to live. This killer will die by lethal...
Killing Death Row: 1. The Hunt for Lethal Drugs
13 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Livvy Haydock as she takes us deep into Death Row in the USA. While support for the Death Penalty in the US remains at over 50 per cent, there’...
Gangster Presents... Killing Death Row
06 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Join Livvy Haydock as she takes us deep into Death Row in the USA. While support for the Death Penalty in the US remains at over 50 per cent, there’...
John Palmer: 6. The Hitman
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Palmer is out of jail - but detectives are following his every move. They’re holed up in a secret underground hideout 300 miles from London, af...
John Palmer: 5. Self Defence
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Palmer is up in the dock for his timeshare fraud - and his decision to represent himself doesn’t go to plan. As he spends time in prison, his t...
John Palmer: 4. Chateau Palmer
22 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the violence on Tenerife escalates, the police gather more and more evidence against John Palmer. Back in the UK his pal Kenneth Noye stabs a man t...
John Palmer: 3. The Clumpers
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Palmer’s empire in the sun starts to make him some serious money, but back in England, he has to face the music in court for smelting Brink’s...
John Palmer: 2. London Calling
08 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
John Palmer heads to Tenerife where he starts to build a timeshare empire with the money made from the Brink’s Mat gold bullion robbery. But Scotlan...
Introducing Gangster: The Story of John Palmer
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Livvy Haydock travels from the streets of post-war Birmingham to the sun-kissed beaches of Tenerife - following the rise and fall of one of Britain’...
John Palmer: 1. Palmer Nova
01 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
From the streets of post-war Birmingham, a young John Palmer - unable to read or write - starts to make a name for himself in the criminal underworld,...
Curtis Warren: 6. This Charming Man
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just weeks after being released from jail, Warren finds himself back inside after his latest million pound drug deal is busted by police. He indulges ...
Curtis Warren: 5. The Rich List
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis Warren looks to bribe a corrupt police officer to get a mate off the hook. But he’s got major troubles of his own as police finally catch up ...
Curtis Warren: 4. Double Dutch
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A bloody gang war breaks out on the streets of Liverpool. Curtis Warren is in the firing line. He moves his operation to Holland, but the police are c...
Curtis Warren: 3. Tigers and Cocaine
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
After walking free from a major drugs trial, Curtis Warren steps up his international drug dealing operation. He’s introduced to world of unimaginab...
Curtis Warren: 2. Narcos
13 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis Warren begins his remarkable rise from lowly street dealer to dealing directly with the notorious Colombian cocaine cartels. His first £100m s...
Curtis Warren: 1. Just a Lad from Tocky
06 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Against a backdrop of unemployment and racism, Curtis Warren starts to make his mark on the streets of Toxteth. But a botched robbery lands him in pri...
Introducing Gangster: The Story of Curtis Warren
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The story of Curtis Warren - one of Britain's biggest and wealthiest drug barons.
Paul Massey: 5. The Assassination
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An assassin lays in wait. The aftermath takes the gang war to new levels of violence, leaving a young innocent victim seriously hurt and hardened crim...
Paul Massey: 4. The Serpent
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Massey sets his sights on the top political job in Salford, but he's facing pressure on all sides. The police are out to get their man and he finds hi...
Paul Massey: 3. Steak Night
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Massey is on a wild night out. He's being filmed by a TV crew, but the evening will change his life forever. A rival threatens to muscle in on hi...
Paul Massey: 2. Code of Silence
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Manchester is at the centre of a cultural revolution. The Hacienda. Acid house. Ecstasy. Paul Massey makes a moves on the drug scene and enforces his ...
Paul Massey: 1. Made in Salford
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
From the tough streets of Salford, Paul Massey begins his rise in the criminal underworld. While in jail, he hatches a plan to bring the gangs togethe...
Introducing Gangster: The Story of Paul Massey
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gangster is the extraordinary story of Paul Massey - labelled Salford's Mr Big. It charts his rise and inevitable fall from a young tearaway on the st...